Care providers.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Training designed to enhance your effectiveness in caring for your congregation, community, and missionaries.
If you’re a missions pastor, a counselor or coach, a missions educator, a missionary care provider, a missionary supporter, a friend or family member . .. maybe you are the missionary yourself . . . this conference is for you.
Featured Guests and Speakers
WHO WILL BE THERE
Matt Mikalatos
AUTHOR, STORYTELLER, AND FORMER MISSIONARY
Kathy Khang
SPEAKER, JOURNALIST, AND ACTIVIST
Local Pastor
A chill local pastor who cannot be named because he supports global workers in tough areas
Our Host Church
WHERE THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
9800 SE 92nd Ave., Happy Valley, OR 97005
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
Purchase Tickets
Tickets are $30 – $425 (Groups)
Schedule
WHEN IT ALL TAKES PLACE
Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16
Friday, May 15
4:00 PM
Booth Set up
5:00 PM
Doors Open
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Keynote 1
8:00 – 9:00 PM
International Connection time
Saturday, May 16
8:00 AM
Doors Open
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Keynote 2
9:45 – 10:45 AM
Workshop Session #1
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Workshop Session #2
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Workshop Session #3
3:00 – 4:30 PM
Keynote 3
Workshops
WHAT THE TOPICS ARE
This year’s breakout line-up includes:
5 Breakouts from MissioCare Collective, YWAM, Barnabas, Sanctuary Inn to aid you in caring for your missionaries more effectively:
- Mentoring to Wholeness
- The Biblical Basis of Member Care
- The Building Blocks of Trust
- An Open Letter From Your Missionary
- Third Culture Kids – What to Know
3 Breakouts featuring counselors from Core Values Counseling, Charis Counseling, and MissoCare Collective providing education, tools, and resources to increase your awareness of emotional health and how to support people navigating difficulty in their lives:
- Mental Health Informed Ministry: The beauty between Chaos and Control
- Trauma-Informed De-Escalation
- Overcoming the Silent Struggle: Understand the Potential Impact of Neurodivergence, Addiction, Depression, and Trauma on the Global Worker
3 Breakouts hosted by ministry professionals from Genesis Christian Mediation, Hope Chaplain, and Pastor Karen Shimer, designed to give you some practices to help you in caring for others and yourself when in difficult spaces:
- Art is for Life
- A Mediative Journey into the 4 Spaces of Forgiveness
- The Ministry of Presence: A deeper look below, as it will be a Chaplain-level course, broken into 3 sessions designed for your care ministry or mission teams:
- Module 1: The Foundation of Presence
- Module 2: The Heart of Presence
- Module 3: The Practice of Presence
Sponsors
MINISTRY FOCUS
Special thanks to the support of our Care Connexion Sponsors who make it possible for you to attend as our guests.
Exhibitors
Located in high-traffic areas of our events, exhibit areas are concentrated areas of congregation for attenders to find about your programs, products and services.
MissionConnexion is able to provide focus events through the generous donations of givers like you who not only benefit from attending, but also wish to see others attend as well. Thank you for giving.
